Operation adventure!

Paperwork, paperwork! So much organisation and emails to get this sorted. Luckily, Michelle really enjoys trawling the internet looking for bargains, cool places to stay in unusal destinations and transport options! Obtaining race tickets has been a lot of fun but pretty stressful too. Waiting up for the Vegas tickets to open and having to make a quick decision on price, location and type of ticket only to find out they sold out in 20 mins! Still waiting for Qatar and Japan GP tickets to go on sale…

Packing up the house and saying goodbye – all very stressful. A big shout to House of Travel (Ferrymead) for all their hard work. Thank you Mel!

I’m beginning to think my understanding of airline schedules is now on a par with a travel agent as I navigate different airlines, flight schedules and dates to match getting from country to country in the order of the race schedule, locking in those flights was a leap of faith (and financial terror!). The next exciting and time consuming job was researching accomodation for each race weekend – we settled on a mixture of Air BnB; camping; youth hostels and the odd hotel. Haven’t actually locked in any accomodation for the periods between the races yet (75% of the trip – eeek!) will wing this as we go. We are in most countries for 2.5 weeks with races taking up 4 days.